“Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form.”
英语
“好奇心是最纯粹形式的不服从。”
“The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness.”
英语
“摇篮在深渊之上摇摆，常识告诉我们，我们的存在不过是两段永恒黑暗之间的一线微光。”
“A writer should have the precision of a poet and the imagination of a scientist.”
英语
“作家应当具有诗人的精确和科学家的想象力。”
“The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible.”
英语
“书页仍然空白，但有一种奇妙的感觉——文字已经在那里，用隐形墨水写就，喧嚷着要变得可见。”
“Literature was not born the day when a boy crying wolf, wolf came running out of the Neanderthal valley with a big gray wolf at his heels: literature was born on the day when a boy came crying wolf, wolf and there was no wolf behind him.”
英语
“文学并非诞生在一个男孩喊着"狼来了"、身后真有一头大灰狼从尼安德特山谷跑出来的那天：文学诞生在一个男孩喊着"狼来了"、身后却没有狼的那天。”